Buffalo Movies: Tons of films are set to open in Buffalo theaters this weekend. Film Focus is your guide to what they are and where to see them.

(Above: Stanley Kubrick, Hardy Krüger, and Ryan O’Neal in Barry Lyndon (1975). Photo by © Warner Bros. Entertainment In – © Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.).

By M. Faust

OPENING THIS WEEK: 

BARRY LYNDON (1975, PG) Stanley Kubrick’s stately adaptation of the William Makepeace Thackeray novel about the social progress and moral decay of a young Irish man (Ryan O’Neal) couldn’t be any more different than its predecessor, A Clockwork Orange. With Marisa Berenson, Patrick Magee, Leonard Rossiter, and Hardy Krüger. North Park 

BILLIE EILISH – HIT ME HARD AND SOFT: THE TOUR (PG-13) What James Cameron does with all that 3D technology in between working on Avatar sequels. AMC Maple Ridge, Dipson Capitol, Dipson Flix, Market Arcade, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria, Transit Drive-In (Fri-Sun only)

COLORS OF TIME (La Venue de l’avenir) (NR) Cédric Klapisch (L’Auberge Espagnole) wrote and directed this period drama about four cousins whose inheritance of a house in Normandy opens up their family history. Starring Suzanne Lindon, Abraham Wapler, Vincent Macaigne, and Julia Piaton North Park 

EYES WIDE SHUT (1999, R)—Stanley Kubrick’s last film, starring Tom Cruise and his then-wife Nicole Kidman as upper-crust Manhattanites sent into a moral quagmire after infidelity. Co-starring Sydney Pollack, Marie Richardson and Rade Serbedzija. North Park

GODARI GATTUPAINA (NR) Telugu romantic comedy set in a Godavari village between a college girl and a cab driver. Starring Sumanth Prabhas, Nidhi Pradeep, and Jagapathi Babu. Directed by Subash Chandra.  Regal Elmwood 

KRISHNAVATARAM PART 1: THE HEART (HRIDAYAM) (NR) An epic devotional journey following Lord Krishna from Dvārakā to Kurukshetra after parting with Radha. Or so says Wikipedia. Starring Siddharth Gupta, Sushmitha Bhat, and Nivaashiyni Krishnan. Directed by Hardik Gajjar. Regal Elmwood 

MEET ME AT THE ECLIPSE (HEN EM NGAY NHAT THUC) (NR) In 1990s Vietnam, a Catholic nun’s devotion is tested when she discovers old love letters. Starring Doan Thien An, Nam Cha, and Lam Vy Da. Directed by Le Thien Vien. Regal Walden Galleria

MORTAL KOMBAT II (R) Sequel. Starring Jessica McNamee, Josh Lawson, Ludi Lin, and Karl Urban. Directed by Simon McQuoid. AMC Maple Ridge, Dipson Capitol, Dipson Flix, Market Arcade, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria, Spotlight Theater of Warsaw, Transit Drive-In

NEGLECTED (NR) A serial killer buries the son of a detective alive with limited oxygen in order to force him to investigate a series of unsolved murders. Starring Josh Duhamel, Dylan Sprouse, Til Schweiger, and Elena Sanchez. Directed by David Lipper (Murder at Hollow Creek). Regal Quaker, Regal Walden Galleria

THE SHEEP DETECTIVES (PG) If there was an award for the most adorable trailer of the year, it would surely go to this British comedy about murder mystery-loving sheep who decide to investigate the death of their shepherd (Hugh Jackman). Co-starring Nicholas Braun, Molly Gordon, and Emma Thompson, with the voices of Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Bryan Cranston, Chris O’Dowd, Regina Hall, and Patrick Stewart. Directed by Kyle Balda (Minions). AMC Maple Ridge, Angola, Dipson Capitol, Dipson Flix, Market Arcade, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria, Transit Drive-In (Fri-Sun only)

NOW PLAYING:

ANIMAL FARM (PG) Nicholas Stoller (Forgetting Sarah Marshall) wrote this new adaptation of George Orwell’s 1945 allegorical novel. With the voices of Seth Rogen, Woody Harrelson, Steve Buscemi, Kieran Culkin, Glenn Close, Laverne Cox, Kathleen Turner, and Andy Serkis, who also directed. AMC Maple Ridge, Dipson Capitol, Market Arcade, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria, Transit Drive-In (Fri-Sun only)

DEEP WATER (R) Aaron Eckhart, Ben Kingsley, and Angus Sampson are among the survivors when a plane crashes in the Pacific Ocean. Think there might be any sharks in the water? Directed by Renny Harlin (Die Hard II). Dipson Capitol, Dunkirk Multiplex, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria

THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2 (PG-13) Sequel. Starring Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt, Meryl Streep, and Stanley Tucci. Directed by David Frankel (Marley and Me). AMC Maple Ridge, Aurora, Dipson Amherst, Dipson Capitol, Dipson Flix, Hamburg Palace, Joylan, Market Arcade, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria, Spotlight Theater of Warsaw, Transit Drive-In (Fri-Sun only)

THE DRAMA (R) Zendaya and Robert Pattinson as a couple whose engagement may not survive a shocking revelation. Directed by Kristoffer Borgli (Dream Scenario). Regal Quaker

HOKUM (R) Scary stuff with Adam Scott as a novelist in a haunted Irish B&B. With Peter Coonan, David Wilmot, and Austin Amelio. Directed by Damian McCarthy (Oddity). Dipson Capitol, Market Arcade, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria, Transit Drive-In (Fri-Sun only)

HOPPERS (PG) This year’s Pixar entry borrows heavily from Avatar for an ecologically conscious story about a girl trying to save an animal habitat from being razed for a new highway. With the voices of Piper Curda, Bobby Moynihan, Kathy Najimy, Dave Franco, Jon Hamm, and Meryl Streep. Directed by Daniel Chong (We Bare Bears). Regal Quaker, Regal Transit

LEE CRONIN’S THE MUMMY (R) It’s never a good idea when a film maker insists on inserting his name into the title. Starring Jack Reynor, Laia Costa, and May Calamawy. Regal Walden Galleria 

MICHAEL (PG-13) Jermain Jackson’s son Jaafar plays his most famous uncle in a biopic that only goes up to the late 1980s. With Nia Long, Laura Harrier, Miles Teller, and Colman Domingo. Directed by Antoine Fuqua (Training Day). AMC Maple Ridge, Angola, Dipson Amherst, Dipson Capitol, Dipson Flix, Market Arcade, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria, Spotlight Theater of Warsaw, Transit Drive In (Fri-Sun only)

PATRIOT (NR) Malayalam-language spy thriller. Starring Mammootty, Mohanlal, Fahadh Faasil, and Nayanthara. Directed by Mahesh Narayanan. Regal Transit

PROJECT HAIL MARY (PG-13) Science fiction adventure starring Ryan Gosling as an astronaut who wakes up on a spaceship light years from Earth with no memory of who he is. Which is gonna make it hard for him to save the world. With Sandra Hüller. Directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse). AMC Maple Ridge, Dipson Amherst, Dipson Capitol, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria

THE SUPER MARIO GALAXY MOVIE (PG) The all-star voice cast features Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor Joy, Charlie Day, Jack Black, Keegan-Michael Key, Benny Safdie, Donald Glover, Issa Rae, Luis Guzman, Kevin Michael Richardson, Brie Larson, and Glen Powell. Directed by Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic. AMC Maple Ridge, Dipson Capitol, Dipson Flix, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria

THAT TIME I GOT REINCARNATED AS A SLIME THE MOVIE: TEARS OF THE AZURE SEA (PG-13) Anime. Wouldn’t you hate to be the guy who had to put this title up on a theater marquee? Market Arcade, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria

ETC. 

AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON (1981, R)—Director John Landis (Animal House) first got to indulge his interest in mixing comedy with big-budget horrors in this werewolf update starring David Naughton and Griffin Dunne as backpackers who run afoul of a lycanthrope. Co-starring Jenny Agutter; look fast for a pre-Young Ones Rik Mayall as a pub chess player. Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria (Weds only)

CABARET (1972, PG)—Liza Minnelli, Joel Grey and Michael York in what many consider the last great American movie musical. Directed by Bob Fosse (All That Jazz). Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria (Mon only)

CHICAGO (2002, PG-13)— Oscar-winning adaptation of Bob Fosse’s Broadway show. Starring Catherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Gere, Renée Zellweger, John C. Reilly, Queen Latifah, Christine Baranski, and Taye Diggs. Directed by Rob Marshall (Nine). Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria (Fri only)

FUNNY GIRL (1968, NR)—Barbra Streisand’s Oscar-winning performance as Ziegfield comedienne Fanny Brice. Co-starring Omar Sharif, Kay Medford, Anne Francis, Walter Pidgeon, and Mae Questel Directed by William Wyler (Ben Hur). Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria (Thurs only)

LES MISÉRABLES (2012, PG-13)—Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech) directs the long-in-coming film of the Broadway musical based on Victor Hugo’s novel about a man’s lifelong flight from injustice. Starring Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Amanda Seyfried, Sacha Baron Cohen, Helena Bonham Carter and Oscar winner Anne Hathaway. Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria (Tues only)

MAMMA MIA! (2008, PG-13)—Jukebox musical built around the songs of ABBA. Starring Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Amanda Seyfried, Stellan Skarsgård, Colin Firth, Julie Walters, and Christine Baranski. Directed by Phyllida Lloyd (The Iron Lady). Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria (Sun only)

MOMMIE DEAREST (1981, PG)— Faye Dunaway as Joan Crawford in the adaptation of daughter Christina’s infamous tell-all biography best remembered (in my house, anyway) as the inspiration for Blue Oyster Cult’s best song. With Steve Forrest, Diana Scarwid, Xander Berkeley, and Rutanya Alda. Directed by Frank Perry (Last Summer). Sun 12:30 pm, Weds 7 pm Market Arcade 

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (2004)—The musical version. Sorry to disappoint all the Lon Chaney, Claude Reins and Herbert Lom fans out there. Starring Gerard Butler, Emmy Rossum and Patrick Wilson. Directed by Joel Schumacher (The Lost Boys). Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit (Weds only)

SERIAL MOM (1994, R)—John Waters attempted to move a bit closer to the mainstream with this satire starring Kathleen Turner as a housewife who kills people for sins like wearing white after Labor Day. With Sam Waterston, Ricki Lake, Matthew Lillard, Suzanne Somers, and, of course, Mink Stole; look for cameos by Patty Hearst and Traci Lords. Fri 10 pm, Sat 12:30 pm, Mon 7:15 pm. Market Arcade

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THEATER LOCATIONS AND WEBSITES

AMC Maple Ridge, 4276 Maple Road, Amherst https://www.amctheatres.com/movie-theatres/buffalo/amc-maple-ridge-8

Angola Theatre, 72 N. Main St., Angola, NY https://angolatheatre.com/

Aurora Theater, 673 Main Street, East Aurora https://theauroratheatre.com/

Dipson Amherst, 3500 Main Street, Buffalo. www.dipsontheatres.com

Dipson Capitol Theater, 720 Builders Way, Niagara Falls www.dipsontheatres.com

Dipson Flix, 4901 Transit Road, Depew www.dipsontheatres.com

Dunkirk Multiplex, 10520 Bennett Road, Dunkirk https://www.dunkirkmultiplex.com/

Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center Cinema, 431 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo https://www.hallwalls.org/

Hamburg Palace, 31 Buffalo Street, Hamburg www.hamburgpalace.com

Joylan, 11 W. Main Street, Springville https://joylantheater.com/

North Park, 1428 Hertel Avenue, Buffalo https://northparktheatre.org/

Market Arcade, 639 Main St., Buffalo https://www.btmcinemas.com/our-locations/g0fz6-scene-one-market-arcade-cinemas/

Regal Elmwood, 2001 Elmwood Avenue., Buffalo https://www.regmovies.com/

Regal Quaker Crossing, 3450 Amelia Drive, Orchard Park https://www.regmovies.com/

Regal Transit, 6707 Transit Road. Williamsville https://www.regmovies.com/

Regal Walden Galleria, Galleria Mall, Cheektowaga https://www.regmovies.com/

Riviera Theater, 67 Webster Street, North Tonawanda https://rivieratheatre.org/

The Screening Room, Boulevard Mall Amherst www.screeningroom.net 

Spotlight Theater of Warsaw, 23 S Main Street, Warsaw https://www.spotlighttheater.com/movie-theater/warsaw

Squeaky Wheel, Tri-Main Center, 2495 Main Street, Suite 310, Buffalo https://squeaky.org/

Transit Drive-In Theatre, 6655 S. Transit Road, Lockport https://www.transitdrivein.com